by Deb Aronson | Dec 5, 2023 | Blog
December 2023 As the holiday season approaches I’m determined to be chill and not too wound up about everything having to be perfect. This plan involves lots of deep breathing and getting enough sleep. Also, what will 2024 bring? On a personal level, can I set...
by Deb Aronson | Dec 4, 2023 | Blog
I confess that I often get choked up when reading novels for young readers. But reading Sara Pennypacker’s latest novel, “Here in the Real World,” was the first time I remember actually bursting into tears. Ware is an introvert. He knows that his parents wish he...
by Deb Aronson | Nov 22, 2023 | Blog
Love Like Sky – Best Title Ever! Sometimes I am like a magpie, grabbing shiny books suggestions from so many places that I can’t keep track of where the recommendation came from. Which is to say, I don’t remember where I first heard about “Love Like Sky,”...
by Deb Aronson | Nov 3, 2023 | Blog
Anyone who has been paying attention to kidlit for the last decade or more will tell you, non-fiction is no longer the dry reciting of facts (which of course you can now get online), but instead has evolved into some of the most engaging, creative writing there is....
by Deb Aronson | Oct 20, 2023 | Blog
I try to post book reviews after they’ve run in the newspaper but I really fell down on the job and am trying to slowly catch up. This post is something of a milestone as it is the last book review I published in 2020…On to 2021 next week! As I’ve said...
by Deb Aronson | Oct 6, 2023 | Blog
More trips in September! This one to see my oldest daughter, Claire, and Cary, her fiancé, and their new home in Minneapolis near Lake Harriet, for those of you who know the city. I am obsessed with Minneapolis: its lakes, its weather, its independent bookstores and...
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